The third island of princes located in the Sea of Marmara. It covers an area of 1.5 km2. The nearest islands to Istanbul. They are reached by small vessels from the ports of Istanbul.
Castle Island or Fort Island, like the Big Island and the Saddle Island, is a sanctuary for those who seek comfort and tranquility and enjoy the beauty of nature. In this island it also prevents the use of automatic means of transport.
The island has only one hill, 170 meters above sea level, formerly known as Heritos. Today it is known as the Biraq Tuba, which provides a unique opportunity to observe the beauty of nature and the coast. Perhaps your brethren Brno (the head of the cemetery) and the Kalbazan rock near Heritos Monastery, which is the height of the island's natural beauty, is one of the places where the island should not be left unseen.
"It has a small fortress overlooking the coast with four corners, built on solid rocks, estimated to be 10 meters long and has fertile soil, where about 300 houses with orchards are planted," he said. Of the wells with sweet water, where there are goats and rabbits in abundance, and the forests are vast and countless trees, the majority of the population of the Roman, and have churches, and the inhabitants mostly ship owners.
The island of Borghaz is the island of the man who gave the city life for it, the Turkish writer and poet Said Faeq Abbas Yanik. Where he turned his house into a museum named after the museum of Said Fayek Yanik, which ended to the island of Burgas after a flight from the city of Adabazari to the city of Bursa and then to Istanbul and settled in the island of Burgas. His name was given to the square leading to the marina, honoring and honoring this great poet. The other importance of the island of "Barghaz" for Istanbul from the establishment of the first zoo in it. As well as a purple shop for sweets, which is one of the signs of the island.
History of Castle Island
The majority of the inhabitants of the island since ancient times are the Romans, and with the beginning of the 20th century, the Turkish rich began to move and settle on the island, and their number increased significantly on the island.
In the years between 1950 and 1960, some wealthy businessmen and wealthy Jews began to move to the island and settle in it, resulting in rapidly increasing house and land prices on the island. Starting from the opposite coast of the island of Sarj, the construction of villas and residential houses began. Over time, mosques, places of worship and tourist resorts have become important elements of the island
The ancient Ayayani Church is an important cultural landmark on the island. It was built in 867 and has been restored in various eras. Its current shape was restored after the restoration of 1896. When you descend (eleven degrees) into the church vault, you find a prison there. It is said that there was a monk named Methodius who was imprisoned in the place of the church, and after his release the church was built and appointed as a monk. The name of the island has been associated with several names in history, perhaps the most famous of which are Antikone, Castrum, Panamus, Heritus Monastery, St. Georgis Hospital of Austria, which represents the most important monuments on the island. In addition, the eye of Eos Luanes water, which is sanctified by the Orthodox, is a recommended place to visit. As well as the sanatorium of the island of Pergaz, which was established in 1928 one of the first clinics established in Istanbul, the only mosque on the island was established in 1953 on the 500th anniversary of the opening of Constantinople.
The island of Prgaz lost its tree cover when the devastating fires broke out in its forests in 2003, but the municipality of Berghaz, in cooperation with the various institutions, began an afforestation campaign on the island, which began step by step bear fruit and proved the importance of the population to make the island.
Historic monuments of Castle Island
- Church of Ayia
- Monastery and Church of St. Jurgi Aya Yorgi Manastırı ve Kilisesi
